Not able to click Button(element) on Selenium webdriver

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Not able to click Button(element) on Selenium webdriver. It's showing no such element exception.

HTML:

<button id="datepicker-354-7412-title" class="btn btn-default btn-sm uib-title" tabindex="-1" ng-disabled="datepickerMode === maxMode" ng-click="toggleMode()" type="button" aria-atomic="true" aria-live="assertive" role="heading">
    <strong class="ng-binding">August 2016</strong>
</button>

Java:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='flip-card']/div[2]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div/div[2]/i")).click();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(05, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
//driver.findElement(By.xpath("//ul[@class='uib-datepicker-popup dropdown-menu ng-scope']/li/div/table/thead/tr/th/button[@id='datepicker-758-2620-title']/strong")).click();
//driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='datepicker-961-3767-title']")).click();
//WebElement mm=driver.findElement(By.id("datepicker-1164-5186-title"));
//mm.click();
/*WebElement element=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='datepicker-354-7412-title']"));
JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click()", element); */
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[@id='datepicker-354-7412-title']/strong")).click();

<button id="datepicker-354-7412-title" class="btn btn-default btn-sm uib-title" tabindex="-1" ng-disabled="datepickerMode === maxMode" ng-click="toggleMode()" type="button" aria-atomic="true" aria-live="assertive" role="heading"> <strong class="ng-binding">August 2016</strong> </button> — boopathi
– boopathi, Commented Aug 29, 2016 at 10:49
<button id="datepicker-354-7412-title" class="btn btn-default btn-sm uib-title" tabindex="-1" ng-disabled="datepickerMode === maxMode" ng-click="toggleMode()" type="button" aria-atomic="true" aria-live="assertive" role="heading"> <strong class="ng-binding">August 2016</strong> </button> @Guy — boopathi
– boopathi, Commented Aug 29, 2016 at 11:02

Guy · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-29 11:48:23Z

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The id might be dynamic, try to locate the button by partial id that contains datepicker and title

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("[id*='datepicker'][id*='title']")).click();

You can also use explicit wait to make sure the button exist/visible before clicking on it

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);

// visible
WebElement button = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.cssSelector("[id*='datepicker'][id*='title']")));
button.click();

// or exist
WebElement button = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.cssSelector("[id*='datepicker'][id*='title']")));
button.click();

edited Aug 29, 2016 at 11:48

answered Aug 29, 2016 at 11:11

Guy

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Guy Over a year ago

@boopathi Check again the html for <frame> or <iframe> tags. This is the only other explanation.

boopathi Over a year ago

Let us continue this discussion in chat.

Shahid · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-29 10:57:54Z

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This should work:

driver.findElement(By.id("datepicker-354-7412-title")).click();

answered Aug 29, 2016 at 10:57

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Sandipan · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-29 15:28:52Z

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Have you tried putting your xpath in firepath and checking if its pointing to what you want?

have you tried using

//strong[@class='ng-binding'] as your xpath?

let know if this helps?

answered Aug 29, 2016 at 15:28

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boopathi Over a year ago

its working with this code driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("[id*='datepicker'][id*='title']")).click();

Charles Woodson · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-29 18:52:03Z

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Find xpath using firefox addon firebug: - inspect element - right click on element and copy xpath

Firebug's xpath generator is really good and the path generated generally works on other browsers.

Hope that helps.

answered Aug 29, 2016 at 18:52

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